The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the StateGleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
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The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State
Gleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
Plants -- Michigan
9b. Buds pubescent beyond the middle; inner bark of trunk red
=Scarlet Oak, Quercus coccinea.=
10a. Leaves deeply pinnately lobed --11.
10b. Leaves crenate, dentate, or sinuate, not lobed --12.
11a. Leaf divided nearly to the middle by a pair of deep lateral lobes
near the middle of the leaf; acorn more than half covered by the
cup =Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa.=
11b. Leaf without a median pair of deeper lobes; acorn about one-fourth
covered by the cup =White Oak, Quercus alba.=
12a. Leaves broadest at or near the middle, with numerous (8-13)
sharp coarse teeth on each side
=Yellow Oak, Quercus muhlenbergii.=
12b. Leaves broadest above the middle, with a few shallow, rounded
or subacute teeth (7 or less on each side) --13.
13a. Large tree; leaves densely white-tomentose beneath; acorn on a
stalk 3-10 cm. long =Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor.=
13b. Shrub; leaves thinly white-tomentose beneath; acorn sessile or
nearly so =Scrub Oak, Quercus prinoides.=
URTICACEAE, the Nettle Family
Herbs or trees, with small inconspicuous apetalous flowers.
1a. Trees or tall shrubs --2.
1b. Herbs --7.
2a. Leaves oblong-ovate to lanceolate, serrate --3.
2b. Leaves broadly ovate to rotund, some of them lobed (Mulberry)
--6.
3a. Leaves thick, coarsely and doubly serrate, broadest near the middle
(Elm) --4.
3b. Leaves thin, simply serrate, broadest distinctly below the middle
=Hackberry, Celtis occidentalis.=
4a. Some of the branches with flat corky wings; leaves smooth above
=Cork Elm, Ulmus racemosa.=
4b. Branches without corky wings; leaves more or less rough above
--5.
5a. Petioles and axillary buds glabrous =White Elm, Ulmus americana.=
5b. Petioles and axillary buds pubescent with rusty hairs
=Slippery Elm, Ulmus fulva.=
6a. Leaves rough above =Red Mulberry, Morus rubra.=
6b. Leaves smooth above =White Mulberry, Morus alba.=
7a. Leaves alternate --8.
7b. Leaves opposite --9.
8a. Leaves 2-5 cm. long, stems pubescent
=Pellitory, Parietaria pennsylvanica.=
8b. Leaves 8-20 cm. long; stem armed with stinging hairs
=Wood Nettle, Laportea canadensis.=
9a. Twining plant; leaves serrate or cleft =Hop, Humulus lupulus.=
9b. Erect plant; leaves palmately compound =Hemp, Cannabis sativa.=
9c. Erect plants; leaves not lobed or compound --10.
10a. Stems armed with stinging hairs --11.
10b. Stems glabrous or rough, but not with stinging hairs --12.
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